The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. [Archaic] The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us. Jer. Taylor.
Advowson. [Obs.] The donations or advocations of church livings. Sanderson.
The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. Bell.
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